1) Attractive/User Friendly - When someone is looking to join a digital learning community, they first thing they need to do is be able to easily navigate through the site and find what they are looking for. No one likes to search and search to try and find what they are looking for. The easier a site is to navigate, the more likely people are to join the site and come back. Also, everyone likes a website that is attractive and not too "busy" with junk. But that attracts your eye and makes you want to see what else in there.
2) Organized - For a digital learning community to be idea, it is important that it be very well organized. That would take a lot of effort on the part of the designer, but in the long run, I feel like it would really pay off. Organization shows that the people that have put the digital learning community together, truly care about what they are doing and trying to share with others.
3) Safe - There are so many websites and online communities that are not safe and it is always difficult to know which ones can be trusted. If I were able to design an ideal digital learning community, I would make sure that it was a safe environment that was free of cyber-bullying and distasteful comments. Since most of these sites allow sharing and commenting on posts, it would be important to constantly monitor the content of what was being put out there.
The thing that would set my DLC apart from others would be the communication. I would want this community to have communication that would benefit everyone involved, almost like talking with the teacher across the hall from you. Questions could be posted, people could answer and give their opinions and personal experiences. To me, those are the best ways to learn. If you will listen and take advice and talk things through with others, there is so much that can be learned about pretty much any topic!
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